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| author | Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> | 2009-04-24 05:58:23 +0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-04-27 13:57:44 +0400 |
| commit | 29112f4e248ca6941f2233f6ed96a7283a67cced (patch) | |
| tree | c533716f26da78d791089598504f6d7900c3b7c4 /drivers/net/bonding | |
| parent | 434e7b0d12f4e2de6686841a42bd344325b4d756 (diff) | |
| download | linux-29112f4e248ca6941f2233f6ed96a7283a67cced.tar.xz | |
bonding: use ethtool for link checking first
This patch only changes the order of interfaces to use for checking slave link
status in bond_check_dev_link() to priorize ethtool interface. Should safe some
troubles as ethtool seems to be more supported.
Jirka
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/bonding')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c index 63369b6b14d4..e4166ee9091d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c @@ -695,6 +695,18 @@ static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond, struct net_device *slave_de if (bond->params.use_carrier) return netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev) ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0; + /* Try to get link status using Ethtool first. */ + if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops) { + if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link) { + u32 link; + + link = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev); + + return link ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0; + } + } + + /* Ethtool can't be used, fallback to MII ioclts. */ ioctl = slave_ops->ndo_do_ioctl; if (ioctl) { /* TODO: set pointer to correct ioctl on a per team member */ @@ -721,20 +733,6 @@ static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond, struct net_device *slave_de } /* - * Some drivers cache ETHTOOL_GLINK for a period of time so we only - * attempt to get link status from it if the above MII ioctls fail. - */ - if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops) { - if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link) { - u32 link; - - link = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev); - - return link ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0; - } - } - - /* * If reporting, report that either there's no dev->do_ioctl, * or both SIOCGMIIREG and get_link failed (meaning that we * cannot report link status). If not reporting, pretend |